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Missouri bill seeks to ban people from sleeping on state-owned land and allow the attorney general to sue local governments that don’t enforce the ban.
Micah Titterington was among hundreds of organization leaders who opposed a measure in the Missouri legislature this year that they argue would criminalize homelessness statewide.
Infants born to incarcerated women could remain with their mothers for their first 18 months, under a bill that would create a prison nursery
Women who enter prison while pregnant in Missouri now could gain the ability to keep their baby with them for 18 months.
The bill directs the Missouri Department of Corrections to establish a nursery within a women’s correctional facility by July 2025, and allow incarcerated women to stay with their newborns for their first 18 months.